Randy Arnold, Regional SupervisorMontana Dept Fish Wildlife and ParksSpurgin Road, Missoula, MT Re: Securing Public Hunting Access in Perpetuity on the Graveley Ranch Conservation Easements The Montana Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers welcomes the opportunity to comment on this proposal. For a variety of reasons, our nearly 3,000 Montana Chapter members often find shrinking opportunities to hunt on private lands. In response, much of our Chapter efforts are spent on assuring optimum ...

The complexity of our watersheds and the extent of their connectivity needs to be appreciated if we hope to have viable and healthy habitat across our landscape. Hunters and anglers understand this. Those who spend any amount of time on our wild lands and waters understand this. So, when the current administration proposed rolling back clean water protections under the Clean Water Act for roughly 50% of our wetlands and 18% of our streams we spoke up and our community stood beside us. Over ...

The Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers recently appointed John Barkowski to serve as an Assistant Regional Director for the Southeast Colorado Group and Michael Kozer to serve as an Assistant Regional Director for the Central Rockies Group. John was born and raised in Orland Park, Illinois (south suburb of Chicago), and traveled often to visit family in Colorado. He grew up hunting (bow and rifle) and fishing with his dad, grandpa and family friends on the Chippewa River in ...

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a transmissible disease that is deadly to all members of the deer family, including whitetail and mule deer, moose, elk, and caribou. Currently, the disease is undetectable in live animals, untreatable once contracted and difficult to eliminate from the environment after being introduced to new areas. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CWD has been reported in at least 24 states in the continental United States as well as two ...

On Saturday April 13th the Western Colorado University collegiate chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers hosted a range day clean up at Gold Basin shooting range. This range is located about 15 miles outside of Gunnison, Colorado. Cody Chandler, a member of the club, arranged the event with the local BLM office. We had a total of five volunteers show up to help with the cleanup. Three members from the Western collegiate chapter came as well as two people from the community. After a ...